unlocking System preferences
After installing Monterey I'm no more able to unlock System Preferences using my administrator account and password
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.0
After installing Monterey I'm no more able to unlock System Preferences using my administrator account and password
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 12.0
Very annoying.
I had the same issue with needing to restart during installation. So, I ended up re-installing Monterey while in Recovery mode. Then followed the steps above. Maybe try that?
Which computer do you have? I have the 2018 Macbook Pro with an Intel chip.
Okay, I'll give that a go.
I have a 2017 iMac. I'm not much of a computer person and think we were still using High Sierra before upgrading so it was a big update.
It's the little things I guess...
I gave it one more go and this time put a "/" before Volumes in the command in Terminal ... and it worked!!!
Thanks again for all of your help. Have a great festive season!
Fantastic!! Great to hear. I'm sure a big relief (as it was to me). Have a great New Year!
So sorry, I missed a backslash. Here is the correct Terminal command: rm "/Volumes/Macintosh HD/var/db/.AppleSetupDone"
Do this from Recovery mode (Command-R while booting up), and make sure your Macintosh HD - Data drive is showing as 'mounted' in Disk Utility.
Hope this works for you!!
it is but shameless OS update by apple do not want to fix it.
unlocking System preferences